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—j,. g the Congress oi tlio United States,
"HhKx~ ' parting to be acts laying duties
it ' sr '° s ; o‘n’foreign 0 ‘ n ’foreign imports, but in reality Intend*
j imposts . 0 f domestic manufactures, and
fl)r lllC at’ bounties to classes and individuals cn
ie g ! Tl " S .riicular employments, attlie expencc and
aged in P a ant [ oppression of other classes and in.
,the injury . b NV liolly exempting from taxation,
i'iduulf* . commodities, such as arc not pro
i't'2l" “ manufactured in the United States, to af-
BCfdor text for imposing higher and excessive du
ir Jtpfe'' similar to those intended to be pro
‘s ffcalh exceeded its just powers under the Con
<*■ , h ich confers on it no authority to afford
‘ r f micction, ami hath violated the true meaning
r tof the Constitution, which provides tor
*m l imposing the burdens of taxation upon
P“- | states and portions ot the Confederacy;
VriVheroM. the said Congress, exceeding its
'' W ' to impose taxes and collect revenue lor
stgl.r of efleeting and accomplishing the spe
f P"™ ',, mid purposes which the Constitution ot
States authorizes it to effect and accom
c raised and collected unnecessary reven
i! 7j.ipcts unauthorized by the Constitution.
w therefore, the people of the State of South
r in Convention assembled, do declare and or
jolinal j ]ere | )y (] ec lared and ordained, that
acts and parts of acts of the Congress
,1. United States, purporting to be laws tor the
w . aof duties and imposts on the importation
commodities, and now having actual opera
nd effect within the United States, and more
“Silvan act entitled “an act in alteration of the
*2 L a imposing duties on imports,” approved
K nineteenth day of May, one thousand, eight
l,d and twentv.eighf, and also an act entitled
tJ a iter and amend the several acts impos.
’"hmes on imports,” approved on the fourteenth
> - , u iy one thousand eight hundred and tlnrty
uuaatliorizcd hv the constitution of the
• } States, and violate the true meaning and in.
It thereof, and are null, void, and no law, nor bind,
“n this State, its officers or citizens; and all
' .I*Bcontracts and obligations made or entered
| or to he made or entered into with purpose to
Ire the duties imposed by the said acts, and all
’ 'ial proceedings which shall be hereafter had in
Irmance thereof, arc and shall be held utterly null
\nd it is further ordained, that it shall not be law-
I for anv of the constituted authorities, whether of
s State or of the United States,to enforce the pay-
Mof the duties imposed by the said acts within
limits ofthis State; but. that it shall be the duty
te Legislature to adopt such measures and pass
iactS as may be necessary to give full ellect to
(ordinance, and to prevent the enforcement and
isttbe operation of the said acts and parts of acts
fe Congress of the United States, within the lim
otthis State, from and after the Ist day of Ft bi'ti
fext and the duty of all constituted autli rides
if all persons residing or being within the limits
tfo State, and they are hereby required and en.
id to obey and give effect to this ordinance and
tii ids and measures oi the Legislature ns,.may bo
jjjul or adopted in obedience thereto : _
Ami it is further ordained, that ■'* no case
kivor equity, decided in tlio u'outts of this
He, wherein shall be drawn in question the
ioiity of this Ordinance, or the validity of
I actor acts of tho Legislature as may be
sed for the purpose of giving effect thereto,
the validity of the aforesaid acts of Con
es, imposing duties, shall any appeal be ta
il or allowed totbc Supreme Court of the 1..,
lies, nor shall any copy of the record be
rmitted or allowed for that purpose, and if
ystjcli appeal shall be attempted to be ta
ctile Courts of this State, shall proceed to
ecule ant! enforce their judgments, accord
to the laws and usages of the State, with-,
referenceto stich attempted appeal, and
person or persons attempting to take such
pal may be dealt with as for a contempt of
iCourt.
Ad it is further ordained, That all persons
(molding any office of honor, profit or trust,
vilor military, under this State, shall, with
sitli litne, and in such manner as the Le
slaure shall prescribe, take an oath well
BJuly to obey, execute and enforce this or
nnce, and such act or acts of the Legisla
te as may be passed in pursuance thereof,
eerdingto the true iiitenf and meaning of
2 same, and on the neglect or omission of a
such petson or persons so to do, his or thcii
:c or offices, shall lie forthwith vacated,
ishall he filled up, as if sue!) person or per
■ were dead, or had resigned, and no per
?h ere after elected to any office of honor,
$t or trust, civil or military, shall, until the
ipslature shall otherwise provide anti direct,
itiron the execution of his office, or be in
iy respect competent to discharge the du
thereof, until he shall, in like manner,
retaken a similar oath ; and no juror shall
Hapannellcd in any of the Courts of this
He, in any cause iu which shall be in ques
nthis ordinance, or any act of the Lcgis
tun, passed in pursuance thereof, unless
stall first, in addition to the usual oath,
tvetaken an oath, that he will well and truly
lev, execute, and enforce this ordinance,
id such act or acts of the Legislature, as may
i passed to carry the same into operation
id effect; according to the true intent and
catling thereof.
And wo, the people of South Carolina, to
that it may he fully understood by
eOovernment of the United States, and the
co-Stiitcs, that we arc dotermin
tmaintain this, our ordinance and deola
ian, at every hazard, do further declare,
it we tvil! not submit to the application of
ice. on the part, of the Federal Government,
reduce this State to obedience ; but tha 1 . wo
ill consider the passage, bv Congresn, of any
b authorising the employment of a. military
naval force against the Slate of South Ga
ther constituted authorities or citizens;
nuy act, abolishing nr closing the ports of
“BState, or any of them, or otherwise oh
tlctingthe free ingress and egress of ves
e'*i to and from said ports ; or any other net
Bfee part of the Federal C •overnment, to co
vet the State, shut. up her ports, destroy or
a®*’ her commerce, or to enforce the ae,ts
Mtfay to be null and void, othcr
isctlian through t' lo C > V >l tribunals of the
it|consisiU nt with 1,10 lo "h TCr con
nuauceof South CaroliiiJ’ > ‘he Union ; and
ishlie people of this State v> ”• thenceforth
* themselves absolved from all l r m ‘ li cr o>-
‘gation to maintainor preserve their po.’ *‘- J
inucsion with the people of the other Stale.-.
Afhviil forthwith irocced to organise a sep
tic Government, and do all other acts and
Jungs, which sovereign and independent
Mes may of right do.
JthlN F. B. BESSON el" Harris county, Geo.
uas lor sale this year 000,000 cuttings and
"rooted vines. The whole is ofdifferent kinds
S* qualities to plant and well adapted to
ta Miami climate of this Slate ; he lias now in
a Treatise oil vine culture, ami the art "I
taking Wine, vvhteh ho will sell at a fair price,
P the public in general.
; November ii 7, 33
I*UFJFS.
Ot all professions we are least qualified for
criticism. We have but one cannon m the
ait. Iho merit or demerit ofanv porfomance
we estimate solcy by the effect which it pro
duces upon our feelings. livery thing is
measured by this standard. Whatever stirs
the passions, elevates the mind or excites the
imagination, we pronounce to be good
whatever tails in these particulars wc consid
er as valueless, or something worse. When
we listen to music, witness a theatrical perfor
mance or look upon the productions of the
pencil, wc have but this one rule bv which to
judge of the excellence of each. 'Professed ;
critics and amateurs boast of other cannons.!
lo us however they often appear too mechan
ical; applying in the manner of Stern’s critic, J
the Square and Compasses a poem and regu-!
bating oratory by a stop-watch. A songol'7he i
most soul-stirring sentiment and melting ten
derness is heard with no delight by thc”aina- I
‘cur—it is all horrible discord—-because P I
sharp was too close upon (j flat. An Actor (
may properly conceive and sustain well the
character he represents, but what is this if
his wig be out of order or his buskins bad!
bo likewise with the painter. The master
picture of Apelles, drawn from the separate
perfections of the fairest and loveliest of the
human race, is pronounced a melanchollv
daub, because the shadow under the Ague’s
nose is too heavy and the sandals on the feet
too long ! Now we humbly concieve that ma
ny if not nearly all the deforiinities iu the line
arts, are justly attributable to this species of
criticism—criticism founded upon taste made
stilt by study and judgment rendered median*
ical by pedantry. Fame or profit is (he object
of the artist; neither is to he obtained against
the decrees of the professional critic, for he
is the means through which applause or pat
ronage is to bo acquired—tlio channel of in
troduction ami communication between the
artist and the public. In the dominion of
taste his authority is recognised as absolute
and his decree is the law. Hence the neces
sity of conformity to his cannons, and not to j
the unerring and immutable laws of nature-j
N\ ho regards the one will doubtless be re
warded with notaricty and money; who follows
the other may meet with neither, but cannot!
fail to gladden the hearts of thousands— Wc j
bold that every departure from nature is a (
fault, and every approach to it, an excolt ncc.
lie is the best musician and the best actor
who is the least artificial and the most natu
ral. And he is the best poet and the best
painter whose productions produce the strong
est effect upon the heart and imagination.
A which makes us melt at its tender
ness; an tiefpr who makes us forget that his
character is assumed; and a painting which
makes us feel that wc arc in the presence of
a living, breathing htin/ r ' wo are constrained j
to pronounce good, however learnedly others
may argue upon their respective defects.
Some profound Arisfarches in edch of these
branches may complain of the violence offer
ed to his fundeinental and essential laws, but
we arc content that our solitary one is cor.-)
formed to—wc want no other test of excel- j \
lence than our satisfied feelings.
Let us apply this simple cannon to some of
tnc fashionable exhibitions in the metropolis.
First comes music. This will not bear the
test at all; it has become a mere senseless
sound, that “plays round the car, but comes!
not to the heart.” We have had our Oratorio, j
We have frequently witnessed such exhibi- j
tions but oftner with regret than pleasure.—
Yet wo are not destitute of a love of “sweet
sounds”! on the contrary wo are passionately
fond of music. Few are more so. It is true
wc have no talent for the execution, for wei
play on no instrument whatever, nor as vocal j
harmonists could we even rival the melody of j
a cat-call; yet no person has affections more I
easily operated upon than ourselves; we are
completely under its sway and dominion.—
There is not a passion in our breasts which
music cannot call forth and work up to the
greatest intensity. In hearing Collins’s odo
recited, wc have alternately experienced j
each of the passions as discribcd. And yet
with all this suceptability—with a heart in
every wav qualified for such enjoyment, wo
have attended concerts, oratorios and operas j
with as little pleasure perhaps as the most !
lethargic lump of mortality that ever witness-1
ed such exhibitions. Wc have never reaped
the pleasure we desired and anticipated, but j
have been doomed to sit melencholly in the j
midst of mirth, and gloomy when all was gay,;
witnessing in others the appearance of pleas- J
lire which we could not partake and a rap- j
tore which we could not feel. What was the i
cause of tliis? Is it to be found in a wait of j
harmony in otir nature? This we deny. Is
it attributable to a want of skill in the per- j
formers? Persons of nicer car and more cub !
tivated taste than ourselves, approve. A lit- j
tie reflection has convinced us that it consists
in the total departure from all that is simple
and natural in such performances. The art
is now adays based upon such artificial prin
ciples and carried to such a high pitch o:
complex refinement that no one is capable ot
comprehending or enjoying it who lias not
been suitably educated to it. Like mathe
matics it lias to be studied before you can be
impressed with it beauties. 1 here is a scien
tific stifTness about it which renders it cold
and uninspiring,producing upon those who;
are not initiated into its high intricacies, no
other effect than admiration of the grace and |
dexterity with which the performer handles,
the instrument. lie who makes the most dif
ficult music is the best performer; not lie
who executes ordinary tunes with the happi
est efleet. The simple tone that goes direct
lv to the feelings of the listener is contemned
I —some demisimi quiver movement which
i fibers onlv of lightning speed can execute,
. - “neplus ultra” of the art. Now we
13 i,-t this is all wrong—bad m taste
contend i. “ • (o the heart. Music should
and unsatisfying >i-ncuagc of the soul arid
speak the universal • ", brass and a tink
all other is but as “sounn. * , cvcr y ono
liner Sitnbol.” Wo appeal _ W , Q ~) 0
whose taste has not been „ a
nrevailin<r corruption, it their experience
not'otten been similar to ours have they new
felt foreiblv the want of natural rxpressi .
L Mnne? in MU to*™—**' “'“ |V V “ C
1 music. In tljo latter more especially.
THE MAtM ADVIiIITISEK.
( :| M affection should bo totulJy ca-,t aside it
i might to hj in vocal music ; yet where it. is
.east becoming it abounds the most. Alice*
i tutiou in-singingis as disgusting as it is in
j manners ; the sensible will avoid it in both.
• V\e will not put the question to that thought
j less portion oi society who deem it vulgar not
io anmire what is fashionable; but those
j whose candor is superior to foolish vanity,
I v.r would u.-k —have you not in visiting public
concerts otten sat with listless and careless
| indifference, sometimes wondering why you
! were so little pleased ; surprised to find' your
| so unmoved by the music which floating
; through the hall seemed to exhilarate the bo
; soms of so many around you ? Have vou not
I felt sad and disappointed without being able
, to assign an adequate cause—concious of the
capacity of enjoyment, ardently desiring it,
yet catching none ot the glow and excite
ment which the scene seemed calculated to
inspire ! Doubtless your minds have wander
ed as jtirs have done, to some unsophistica
ted maiden, and dwelt with fond recollection
on her artless and affecting song, the very rc
uiemhrance of which was worth more than
all the complex melody and intricate airs of
thi& garish and heartleas show. And how do
you account for this—why was tho heart not
satisfied? Phe answer is an easy one. There
was no soul in the matter —the scene had
light without heat, and breath without life.—
We are free to confess, though eccentric in
our taste in this regard, that a song however
exquisitely the tune may bo sustained, looses
much of its attractions if wo do not hear the
words and catch tho sentiments. These,
arc with us, its chicfest excellence. —If
ihey are to bo disregarded in singing, a
senseless song is as good as the gifted pro
ductions of genius. Why should the hard
write in words that breathe and thoughts that
burn, it they arc to he suns in a lifeless man
ner, by performers incapable of appreciating
the beauties of language or catching the in
spiration of a good sentiment? The mind
wants food aswcHas the ear, and he is cer
tainly the first and the happiest vocalist, who,
whilst he tills tlio latter with a concord of sweet
sounds, is able at the same time to infuse in
to the former the fire and feeling of the song
lie sings. This is the perfection of Ins art,
[ and yet how very few attain or even aspire to
it! Once upon a time wo attended a concert
(notin Millodgeviile) and Heard a song which
wo were told was sentimental and pathetic—
another which was said to be very martial and
patriotic—and a third, that was most solemn
and devotional, yet for our lives we were not
able to detect from any manner, look, jesfure
or expression of the fair performer, tnat she
either understood the language she used
(winch wo did not hear) or felt the sentiments
she uttered (which we did not gather.) By
I the polite and fashionable auditory, however,
she was received with “ unbounded applause”
and hailed as the brightest star—the Sontag
of her profession. When called upon for
our hut.nble opinion, we had but this solitary
criticism to offer; that though she was bright
and bcautifn.L and for aught wo knew, sang
liliP .an Aimed, j'ct she could not so move the
heart, ’,?or please ito ' ,alf P 0 much, as “ Betsy
Baker.” Header, ytto eiay have never had
the happiness to hear this u Tutored harmonist,
but if you will go to the .In cat re, you may
hear a song all about her, sm.'tj ‘ 1 • Hai
ley, who is as accomplished in Jus >vay, as
Betsy was in hcrs._
llow stands it with the Theatre ? Upon this
topic our remarks shall have the brevity “j"
wit if not its point. Our rigid morality Wi.J
not permit us to vindicate the vocation, y °t we I
have not the conscience to abuse a profcs'.s.'on j
which has occasioned us so much amusement. J
Luckily we and the players are no great
friends; consequently they cannot complain
if we treat them little more cavalierly than
some of their neighbors. If they cannot pat
ronise us, it is a “ plain ease” we cannot af
ford to puff them. This “log-rolling” rule
regulates political matters, and why may it
not, the affairs of the printer and the player?
The laborer is worthy of his hire, it is said,
and if the redoubtable buskin heroes will
give us neither a job or season ticket; why
they must e’en take what comes, and thank
their good luck that matters arc not. worse.—
So have at them. We shall bring them
forth to public justice, one at a time; try
them by our solitary cannon of criticism, and
dismiss them in thelliortest possible order. —
First then for “ Old Sol.” But before enter
ing upon the trial of this “head and front” of j
the battallion, it may be proper to settle a pre
liminary quesiion upon which his acquittal or
condemnation chiefly rests. The iioart will
sometimes laugh in defiance of the sober de
crees of the head ; and when this is the case
which is in the right l Who has not had his
risibility irresistahly excited by a joke, which
his judgment could not sanction ? Shaft the
joke therefore he condemned ? “ That is the
question.” We answer, no. Now this is ex
actly “ Old Sols” situation. His acting we
cannot approve as being always in good taste,
yet he will extort the laugh from us in despite
of our disapprobation. Shall we therefore
condemn him ? We answer, no. Our objec-
tion to him as an actor is, that he often low
ers comedy to a farce, and brings farce to the
borders of buffoonery. The approbation i
which we have to bestow, is that which we
have just admitted; his absolute dominion
over our risibie propensities. He never fails >
to accomplish the end and aim of all comic
performance,, that of exciting involuntary
laughter and applause. This however is not
his only merit. He possesses a lively fancy
and a good fund of original wit, which ena
ble him to introduce many seasonable jokes
acceptable to all, and offensive to none.—
This practise it is true, is liable to abuse and
stands reprobated by authority no less than
Sliakspcare, but with all due deference to
the bard of Avon, we must still adhere to our
j infalable rule, to censure nothing and praise
all that produces a happy effect; by virtue of
i which “Old Sol” is entitled to our high com
i mondation and a full absolution for all faults,
{ which we do hereby freely award him. In
his company lie has a brother and a wife.—
Wli/'t arc their claims? Mr, Lem. Smith has
itlie ii.'vnnta^c.of a fun-, person, (lie heals iris
1 1,, a thcr m that) a good eye and a flexible voice,
i
not of the greatest compass, but sufficiently
strong to he heard distinctly. He succeeds
equally alike in Comedy or Tragedy and ex
tremely well in both; conceiving lits charac
ters properly, and never overstepping the mo
desty of nature. His powers we think nri
considerable and Ins genius versatile. There
is much refinement in his manners when in
comedy, ami much dignity and force in his
appearance in higher characters, such us
Tell. Wo have seen him in a great variety
of parts, and find it difficult to decide in
which his success is greatest. His Tekcli
did not disappoint our expectations; he did
well, hut was not suflioiently sustained by
the balance of the company. In genteel
comedy. Mr. Tatem is not his rival hut ap
proximates to it ; their style of acting in
this department is the same. This gentleman
appears occasionally iu tragedy, with credit &
applause, but comedy is his forte and in this
walk, he lias wherever we have seen him
been a favorite with the audience. No man
surpasses him in Jerimy Duller. Disappear
ance is good, his deportment easy, his man
ner natural, always in character, and always
pleasing. But the very opposite ofthis is an
other Knight of the buskin, seen walking not
fretting his little hour on the stage —a solitary
looking devil,with little gentility of appearance
—-much negligence of manner &c a wonderful
apathy for one of his vocation. We think his
name is Palmer. He seems not destitute oi
powers, hut seldom appears to exert them;—
What is the reason ofthis ? has ho no ambi
tion 1 We are Confident that a high degree
of excellence is attainable by him in some
particular branches of his art; for we have
seen him sustain strong and daring characters
that required talents of the first order and
which no dull and mechanical actor could '
sustain. In comedy he rarely succeeds ;in
such parts as Sir Edward Mortimer, in the
Iron Chest, he seldom fails. Ills voice i;
strong but not harmonious nor easily modu
lated, yet wo have heard* him deliver Holla’s
address to his people with an eloquence that
went home to our hearts—with a fervor and
zeal that made us enter deeply into the feel
ing and spirit of the speech. He plays that
character well; as indeed he does any which
demands strong expression and violence of
action. In this he excclls. The offsets to
His merits are the exagerations and ranting
into which lie sometimes runs. These arc
faults however almost inseparable from vehe
ment and impetuous acting. Every excel
lence nas a concomitant weakness; & after ma
king till due deductions from Palmer’s claims,
wo still feel that he is a Tragedian of strong
powers, whose personation of deep energetic
end villianous characters would insure ap
plause upon any boards. Belonging to the
corpse there tire others dl' no mean promise
whom wc shall take an occasion to notice
hereafter, but cannot stop to enumerate at
present, lest our remarks be protracted, n* we
fear they already arc, to a wearisome prolixity.
One however whom wo have already named,
—the star of her profession—it would be cen
surable not to hold up to the admiration of
our renders ns she has often presented herself
to her gratified audience. We mean Mrs.
Smith. It is far from our intention to enter
into any minute analysis of her acting—set
ting forth her peculiarities; lauding wli.it is
good and appolOgising for what is otherwise,
but shall speak of hot merit in the aggregate,
reserving our more detailed and definite
criticism for some fuiure number. To say
that she is a first rate actress would be giving
her nothing more than her due, hut wc should
probably not be believed, because she had
jir.t been brought up at the Bowery or at -
Dtury Lane. Stars wc have seen of the first -
.magnitude who have shone with unrivalled
lu.stoe upon both those boards, and can say
that ti.cv .have afforded us no greater pleasure
than we have derived from the performances
of Mrs. Smith, -'fit he at all true that the
merit of an actress i l *'')' he justly estimated
by the cflcct which sf.’e produces, her claims
will be found inferior to i : w. For we have
never yet heard the first pcrerui declare them
selves disappointed or dissatisfied —we have
never seen one who did not admit that slit
always had a just conception of the part she
played—that she entered deeply into tile
spirit and feelings of the character she repre
sented and that her look, jesture and attitude
were always graceful, natural and appropriate;
if these added to other qualities which she
possesses, a melodious voice and eloquent de
livery, do not constitute the perfection of the
histrionick art, then we are at a loss to know
what does. All these excellencies arc uni
versally conceded to her; although we have
heard it urged by some that affectation was
occasionally visible in her air and deport
ment. We do not make the objection our
selves, for we have none of any kind to.urgo
except one upon a point upon which we are
not likely to get any one to agree with us.—
We allude jo her singing; and if she would
learn the nature of our objection she can find
it toward the close of our foregoing paragraph
on the subject of fashionable music—:t is
this, we want the words of her song ns well
as its melody. In what character she suc
ceeds best we could never decide for our
selves; she seems to he qualified by her
versatility equally for the grave and the gay'
j —for “ Farce, Comedy and Tragedy.” W<
| saw her once on a benefit night in the “ Sol
j diers Daughter” ‘and concluded she appeared
best in that part; hut when she subsequently
appeared in the Orphan of Geneva, we
thought no character became her as Tlierese,
and now our present decision is that her|
greatest efforts have been in “ Elvira.” The
other night in Tckcli, when the queen rush-!
ed to the succor of her husband, wo wanted
j the claymore in her hands that she might
j have dealt death and destruction to the as-
J sailants. By the way that battle was a per
; feet farce—it was worse than the sham fight
of Cnpt. (flod pole's company on a muster
day. Old Sol should have his rnilita in bet
ter training than that, else they will not reap
many laurels in defence of Montgatz. The
-scenery prepared for the occasion was good &
we brgleaVC hereto introduce to public notice
; the gejitletnan who painted it- -Mr. Moore.
• Mr. Moore is a portrait painter of eon
i sidcrublc oolebrity, whose skill m ukctcli
t
iiiif strong likenessess arul colouring ip to
nature is inferior to none of his conlcmpora
iics in tlx? State. 1. you want evidence oi
this, you have only to call at his room where
you will lo politely received and greatly en
tertained by an exhibition of several speci
mens of his art. Attracted the other day hy
his advertisement in a public print (lie ought
lo have sent it to us loo) \vc poped in as Paul
Pry would say by way of curiosity, and sud
denly found ourselves surrounded hy ladies
and gentlemen, all decorated in rich apparel,
sitting in various graceful attitudes and ani
mat ion beaming in every eye. For a moment
we felt that wo had intruded' upon a pleasant
private party, and was about to make our
bow and retire when the politcnr ‘ss of the
artist in conducting us to seats dispelled the
illusion, and we found ourselves not actually
ui the midst of living beings, but their faith
ful semblances only. Seldom had wc seen
portraits more up to life, We were riot ac
quainted with till that were ranged round the
room, but very forcible and striking indeed
were tiic likenesses ofsuch as were personal
ty known to us. On entering the rooms of
painters we usually fortify ourselves for a
severe trial which wo always anticipate hav
ing so frequently had to encounter it—that
of passing judgment on the several perform
ances ; and many and poignant have been
the mortifications which our blunders on such
occasions have brought to the sensitive artist!
Once we mistook the portrait of an elderly
lady for that of her daughter, by which stu
pidity in us wc won tlx.* friendship of the for
met but lost the good graces of the latter, and
gained the implacable dislike of the exaspe
rated painter. From this trial however, we
were exempted in our visit to Mr. Moore’s.
Our ingenuity at evasion was not called into
requisition, for the very first glance at their
portraits enabled us to recognise our acquain
tances, and wc frequently felt tit at wc were
in tlic presence of the very persons them
selves. A gentleman stepping in and cast
ing his eves on the wall exclaimed instantly
that “ t! tat certainly must, be intended for Mr.
Calfrcv, ultbo’ i have not seen him for sixteen
years.” lie was right; it was Mr. Calfrey’s
portrait, painted about tliroc years ago. But
there are fetv evidences more decisive of an
artist’s skill than for a stranger to lie re
cognised by his portrait, yet this very circum
stance oecum and during our v isit with a little
el;i! not beyond four years old, the daughter
of Mr. Peter Williams; she was gazing on
one of the paintings & being asked if she had
ever seen any person like it, she immedi
ately turned round and said it was like that
man—pointing to the true individual whom
she had never seen before. This was not
only flattering to tiie painter hut was a re
markable instance of nice observation in one
o( such tender years. If his likenesses are
good, he cxcells no less in other branches
ol his art. His drapery is never stiff; always
easy and graceful and the background of his
pictures, tasteful and appropriate ; not very
gaudy, but very genteel as St. Nicholas said
when he tied up his cue with a log chain.—
It is not our intention to enter into a formal
criticism on his style of painting, for we are
not qualified for such a task ; besides what
artist would deign to except of advice in his
profession from an urmitiated knight of the
black halls. But we mav be permitted wc
hope without giving offence, to make a
suggestion which we believe experience jus
tifies and reason will not condemn. We ad
mit his great fidelity to nature ; and our ob
jection to him is, that he strives to be 100
faithful. This you say is a solecism—the
design of the art is to copy nature, and how
can the copy be too exact! Wo contend
that it may. Painting and Poetry,are alike
in many particulars—based upon principles
common to both—subject to like laws and
producing similar sensations upon the feel-
in" anti imrnagi nation. To follow nature
'3 the rule of both; yet flic poet who
shall set down to the discretion of a city
or a forest, or any sublime production of
nature or of art and shall copy it literally by
giving the exact length, breadth and heiglh,
all measured by the square and composes,
would hardly acquire much reputation for the
spirit and genius of his production however
faithful lie might be in bis account. But the
bard who scorning such particularity shall
sketch with graphic daring, & colour with the j
exaggerations of irnngin.T ion is metre likely to
succeed in conveying to the mind the idea!
of the stupendous object of his description.!
Nor will he in consequence of his suppos-!
cd extravagance be in reality and virtually
any inore than the other at issue with truth;
for the truth of the delineations depend
upon their effect, and this will always
be found to be as true to nature in the im
aginative poet, as in the geographical one.—
Hence we conclude, that inasmuch as feffect
is the object aimed at, be is not nccesssari-j
ly the most consistent with nature, who!
copies her with the most literal exactness.— j
Apply, this principle to painting, and it;
will hold equally good. Ho does not sue- j
coed in making the strongest likeness of
the human face who colours to it wjth the
greatest fidelity, for in painting ns in poetry
ja little exaggeration produces a happy and
Ifavornblo effect which literality cannot. We
see this exemplified in the art of the engra
ver, who by two simple powers of light and
shadow, is able to stamp on paper the face and
expression of an individual, with as much
trutli and force ns the miniature painter with
all his boasted colors. The latter has been
jrnorc literal, it is true in bis cop/,but does his
production look more like the living man?—
jThc effect intended to be produced—that is
the resemblance of the individuals, counte
nance is as strong in the engraving, as in the
painting. Why therefore seek to color with
such scrupulosity; wherefore labor for such ex
actness in the quantity of light'and shade?
It occurs to us that effect does not depend so
much upon the precise quantity of these, ns
upon a due proportion of the one to the other,
jlf these proportions be preserved it matters
| not that the coloring is stronger than in life,
ilt is said that poets “ snatch a grace beyond
jibe reach of art,” and why may not a painter
• natch alight and shade beyond the reach of
natme. \ow our quarrel with Mr. Moore is,
'but be. will not do this —lie paints the face
ex ay tly as it is presented to him. lie looks
upon his subj> c( and discovers a thin shadow
and a feeble light, and turning to his canvass
he puts them down just as they are on the
face. But if we were painters, wc woiil'
deepen the one, and augment the other.—
And wherefore?—simply because it produces,
iu defiance of all scientific rules to the con-’
trurv, a pleasing and happy effect upon the
mind and feelings ; and this ho it over remem
bered, is the standard by which we measure
all excellence in the fine arts.' Thesis our
humble notions, proceed from ho disposition
to dictate to an artist of acknowledge 1/
cienrv,and still less to cavil at paintings that
extort our approbation—they are offered'
merely because they occurred whilst writing/
Oilier paintings in the room will arrest tlio
visitors’ attention, besides the portaits. There
are several fancy and historical pieces, all
small, but admirably landscape,''
from Lorraine wo believe, which appears
to us to possess superior merit. On the frons
wall is suspended a full length portrait, not
executed by Air. Moore, but by a verv vouiig
artist by the name of Negress of the first pro
mise in the land, but long since consigned by
disease to the silent mansion of the dead. It
is the likeness, and a very powerful and strikV
ing one too, of an orator and hero of high*
achievement and fame, the most gifted of his
race, whose study was the welfare of his pco
pie, whose, eloquence swnvetl their councils,
and whose intrepidity and courage was their
shield and buckler. His patriotism lead to
the sacrifice of his life—he fell a victim in
perilous and stormy times, wlien his people
were divided, when selfish and relentless
passions gained n temporary triumph over I lie
H-.ti.cr principles of human nature, to the ba
sest wiles, the feiiest machinations, and the
most infernal feelings that were ever engen
dered in the brain and rioted in the heart of,
demonic man. Would you know who he is ?
do aAvc have done ; go and see, and when
you are tlx re, do better still, —have your pof-’
trait painted.
W hen we first threw ourselves with elegant,
and graceful negligence upon the plusii sofa,'
and opening the saffron desk, dipped our sil
ver pen in the sable fluid— 110, wc correct
flic error—we mean in plain reality that when'
wc drew up our throe legged stool to the side
of the pine table of Penitentiary make for the
purpose of prrp trating these our critical in-'
dietings, it was Our intention not to transgress
beyond a brief and spirited paragraph ; but
now, on a review of what we have written,
we find that we have failed most sorrowfully
in both these particulars,having insensibly &
incautiously run into a tedious strain of hea
vy prosing, as unreasonably long us it is pro
vokingly dull, of which we are most heartily
tired ourselves, arid not a little ashamed.—
Sans cerement , we would here close, or to use
an optical expression, wc would bring our
remarks to a focus, by begging pardon of our
readers for such a useless trespass upon their
time arul patience, if even handed justice did
not require of us to tarry a little longer, to say .
a word or two in defence of another Knight of
the pencil, who has high claims to public pat
ronage and favor. To notice one artist and
neglect another, would seem invidious, and
the imputation of partiality, next to the thing
itssclf, wo would scrupulously avoid. To
speak then of Mr. Ilite. lie is a gentleman who
takes, on n small scale “ the counterfeit present
ment" of Iho human face—that is, in vernacular
language,he is by profession a miniature painter;
and one too of no ordinary skill in his art, as may
be seen by the specimens deposited in Mr.
Moore’s room. He paints with a great deal of
softness and delicacy, and wc would suppose,
was remarkably happy in drawing the faces of
the young arrd beautiful. Of the truth of Us
likenesses however wc have no means of judging,
having as yet not seen a miniature of any of our
acquaintances executed fry him; but we have
reason to believe Ids success in this essential can
not be inferior lo the elegance of Ids coloring.—
He is recently from Mobile, where we noticed in
a public print lie is spoken of with considerable
commendation; and certainly he cannot he a
bungler destitute of merit, blit on tire contrary
must boast of hig h proficiency, who can acquire
reputation, and give satisfaction in a City so re
nowned f r wealth, fashion and taste. Mr. Ilite.
has opened a room in the same building with Mr.
Moore, and known heretofore as the Planters’ Ho
tel, where a lover of the fine arts, who may he
disposed to call, cannot fail to spend an agreeable
hour or two of an afternoon. So ends our epistle.L
JU\K OF COLI .1181 S.
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